Combined cultivating and seed and fertilizer sowing implement



E. A. REICHELT. COMBINED CULTIVATING AND SEEDAND FERTH-.IZER SWING IMLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTA', I9I9.

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Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

UNITED STATES rPATENT OFFICE.

ERNST ALBERT REICHELT, OF LORQUON, VIA. NHILL, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

COMBINED CULTIVATING AND SEED .AND FERTILIZER SOWING- IMP-LEMENT.

Application inea september 5, 191e.

To @ZZ fwn-0m t may concern Be it known that I, ELT, a citizen of the Commonwealth of Australia, and resident of Lor uon,-v1a Nhill, in the State of Victoria, ommon wealth of Australia, have invented certain `of spring tines are employed and to eachA tine of the two middle rows I attach a hoe or sowing tube through which the seed and fertilizer falls to the ground behind the tine.

The invention also combines with the arrangement of the tines four rows deepV of a particular staggering of the tines across the machine in relation to each other and by this arrangement the front row of tines loosen or work up the soil to the side of the Vsecond following tine row which also works up the ground and feeds the seed an'd fertilizer to the furrow made by its particular connecting tine, while the third following tine row, to the rear and side of the second tine row also works up the soil and feeds seed and fertilizer to the furrow formed by its connecting tine. yThe last and fourth row of tines to the rear and positioned to follow a central path between the second and third rows is adapted to loosen the soil and also. act as a coverer for the seed sown furrows formed by the second and third rows.

In order that the invention may be more readily understood it will now be described with reference to the accompanying draw- Vings wherein Figure lis a diagrammatic ViewY in plan of one form of the staggering of the furrow forming tines as embodied in the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation` and Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation of the improvements embodied in this invention.

According to this invention the tines or Specification of Letters Patent.

ERNST ALBERT REICH` Serial No. 321,929.

teeth 1 are arranged four rowsdeep and lengthwise of the implement as illustrated in Fig. 1, each row extending across. the machine parallel with each other and are staggered as illustrated.

The four rows of spring tines 1 are arranged as illustrated any number being enhy ployed according to the size of the machine, while to the rear of the tines 1 on the second and third rows hoes or sowing tubes 2 are fitted.

By staggering the tines 1 as illustrated, the frcntrow of tines a loosens or works up the soil to the side of the second following tine row ZJ which also works up the ground and feeds seed and fertilizer to the furrow made' by its particular connecting tine 1 while the third following tine row c to the rear and side ofthe second tine row ZJ also works up the soil and feeds seed and fertilizer to the furrow formed by its connecting' tine. Thelast and fourth row of tines d to the rear and positioned to follow a central path between the second and third rows b, c,

yis adapted to loosen the soil and also act as a coverer for the seed sown furrows.

The tines 1 are staggered as,Y above described and connect cross bars 3 of a stump j ump frame 4 pivoted at 5 to the main frame 6 which is provided with main wheels 7 and a front 'steering wheel Sas well as draft connections 9. 'Ihe pillar 10of the front wheel 8 is connected to achain 11 which passes around a roller 12 and engages a lever 18 with a pawl 14 engaging a quadrant` rack 15 fixed to the main frame 4. The lever 13 is adapted to adjust the height of the steering wheel 8 in relation to the main frame 6. Y

The stump jump frame 4 slidablyconnects by the rods 16 with a bar 17 and compression springsv18 are arranged around the rods 16 so that when the lever 19 is adjusted the pressure on the cultivating tines 1 and the depth of cut is also adjusted.

This lever 19 operates across and at the rear of the machine'being adjustable in aj rack 2O and is connected to the adjusting In operation the front row of tines a act Patented oct. 12, 1920.

rod 17 by an arm 22 and othersuitable con'- as soil looseners, the second and third rows c, prepare theV soil and sow the seed and fertilizer, the rear row of tines d looseningV invention, for instance, the row (L may be either row b, c or d, row b may be the front row Vor the third or the fourth row, row c may be the front row, or row b or d while Y row d Vmay be either' the front, second or third row, while it is obvious that the second VVrow I) may be thethird row` c or the row o may -be the second row Z9 with the rows@ and d in the position illustrated but the preferred arrangement is illustrated in y hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is` In a combined cultivator and seeder, a

frame; a row of'cultivator teeth mounted on the frame; a second row of cultivator teeth 'mounted 0n the frame to the rear Vof the first row and having seeding tubes attached thereto to sow seed whiley cultivating the soil, each of said second row cultivator teeth and seeding tubes being disposed at one side and to the rear of a tooth of the first row sothat the seeding tubes sow seed to one side ofthe soil preliminarily prepared by theV teeth ofthe first row and directly to the rear of the soil prepared by the teeth of the second row; a third row of cultivator teeth mounted on th'eframe'to the Vrear of the second row and having seeding tubes. attached thereto to sow seed while cultivating the soil, said cultivator teeth of the third row being disposed at the sides of the teeth of the first row opposite the sides at which the cultivator teeth of the second row are disposed and to the rear of the latter so that seeding tubes of the third row sow seed to the other side ofthe soil preliminarily prepared by the teeth of the 50 first row and directly to the rear of the soil prepared by the teeth ofthe third row; and a fourth row of cultivator teeth mounted on the main frame to the rear of the third row of teeth, said Vfourth rowV of teeth to -the rear and between alternate teeth and seeding tubes of the second and third rows.

so that each tooth of the fourth row in cultivating Ythe soil covers the seed sown byla pair of cultivating and sowing teeth, one of said pair being in thesecond row and the otherbeing in the third row.

, Signed at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Y y' this 15th day of July,rl9l9. l l ERNSTV ALBERTAREIGHELT. In presence of#- V i SIDNEY` HENDLEY, A; EAWARD. 

